Table 1: summary of transit signal priority deployment results

DRAFT


Guidelines for the

Planning and Deployment of

Emergency Vehicle Preemption and

Transit Priority Strategies

Prepared as part of a Research Project

Conducted by

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

and

George Mason University

School of Public Policy

Principal Investigator

Dr. John Collura, P.E.

VTTI
Co-Principal Investigator

Dr. Hesham Rakha, P.E.

VTTI
Co-Principal Investigator

Dr. Jonathan Gifford

GMU

August 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Preface 3
Section 1: Planning 4

1.1 Institutional Issues, Local Needs Assessment, and

System Objectives and Requirements 4
1.2 Pre-Deployment Impact Analysis 4

Traffic Flow

Emergency Vehicle Preemption
Transit Priority
Safety
Emergency Vehicle Preemption
Pedestrians
1.3 Economic Analysis 9
1.4 Financing 9